Recreation Vs. Preservation
Personal memory by Mandy Ferner
1960 • Crean Lake, Prince Albert National Park, SK, Canada
The lake trout was the most populated fish Crean Lake. However, in the 60's the National park decided they would artificially change the water levels to increase a persons ability to boat in the water. The results of this wrecked the spawning areas for the fish and killed the population.
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